Thursday, December 10, 2020

Christmas Gifts Ideas From Amazon Under $25.00

Hello my friends, in this blog post, I share with you some items that you can get from Amazon that are great gift ideas and they are under $25.00.  The list consists of the product details, price and Amazon purchase links.  The great thing about Amazon, they can also wrap the gift for you too.

Item 1
These SD cards holder are great to store your SD cards.  They are water proof, compact and easily fit into a camera bag or hand bag.  Each case holds 8 SD cards.  The cases comes in a variety of patterns on the case cover.
Price $17.99


Item 2
I love this product.  I use it all the time to record videos for my channel, while I am driving.  The clip is very sturdy and allow me to adjust my cell phone at different angles.  After I have set up my cell phone on this holder, all I have to do is to press the record button and drive. Makes a great Christmas gift idea.
Price $9.99

Item 3
Another great product and very effective.  I like the fact that it does not rust and is very sturdy.  Note - the brand of the product link is not the same as the in the image.
$9.99

Item 4
This journal with pictures of cute cats is one of my productions that is published on Amazon platform.  This is a part of me that my supporters don't know.  Each page of this journal is lined with an image of a cute cat.
$24.00
Item 5
So I just had to add this item to the list eventhough it does not fall into the category of under $25.00.  
$39.98

Monday, December 7, 2020

My Purple Kendal Jewelry Box

I purchased this purple Kendal jewelry box to store my Pandora Jewelry bracelets and my other gold and silver jewelry.  This jewelry box is spacious and I am able to store all my jewelry items very easily.

As you open the top of the jewelry box, the inside of the lid is covered with a lovely white soft velvet like fabric.  There is a mirror and under the mirror is a storage pouch.  
The top level of the box on the front right section there are grooves where you can store rings.  Behind that you can store earrings etc.  On the left hand side, back, there is a mini traveling box that you can store your most important pieces when traveling.  

To the front of that section is a small square area, that has a lid.  You can store anything here.   I store my gold hand bracelets and necklace in this area.  
When you open the box, top inside of the box is exposed and the front of the box falls down.  You will see some mini handles that opens to some drawers.  The first handle is a dummy and does not open to a drawer.  The second row has two handles that opens to two mini drawers.  The one to the right has 12 sections (3cm x 4cm).  I store my gold earrings here.

The third drawer had four equals sections (8cm x 10.5cm), great storage areas for my Pandora bracelets.

The fourth drawer, after the dummy drawer with handle, has two section (located at the back of the drawer) that is the width of the jewelry box and half the length of the jewelry box (21cm x 5.5cm). The front section of this drawer is in two parts, each part is half the width of the drawer and half the length of the drawer (5.5cm x 10.5cm). I use thus drawer to store my husband's jewelry.
The very last drawer is just one single compartment (21cm x 16cm). I use this drawer to store my silver bracelets and other miscellaneous pieces.  

The sides of the jewelry box opens out to more storage sections were you can hang long hanging earrings and maybe some fashion bracelets.  On the lower part of each of these section are storage pockets made out of soft white velvet like fabric.  

To get your own Kendal Jewelry box, CLICK HERE

Check out my post about my antique jewelry box.  CLICK HERE





Thursday, October 29, 2020

My Article About Cleaning Pandora Jewelry Is A Featured Snippet On Google Search Engine

Hello my friends, today I am sharing some exciting news with you!!!  A few days ago I found out that this website has been approved to be monetized with AdSense Ads!!! Something I have been working on for a few months. 

So I have been reviewing the pages for proper presentation. In doing so I realized that my article about Using Baking Soda To Clean Pandora Bracelets - is a Featured Snippet on Google search engine!!!  

What is a Featured Snippet?

Featured snippets are in a special box at the top of your search results with a text description above the link.

 

Monday, October 19, 2020

Should I Resume Relaxing My Natural Hair Again?

There was a huge increase in the number of views to my blog on July 23, 2020 - 4087 to be exact and from then onwards the average daily number of views is about 200.  I am grateful.  The big chunk of the views are from Hong Kong - quite odd.  I am curious to know why that is.  I suspect that my blog is being use for English Language online lessons?

I only noticed this increase about two weeks ago and have been going through the blog posts, checking for typographical errors, changing the fonts for a more uniform look and adjusting the layout of the photos.

During the process I saw some photos with my hair relaxed and it looked so good that I had to ask myself if I should resume relaxing my natural hair again.

A few days ago I washed my hair with some Herbal Essence Shampoo - Moroccan My Shine and conditioned it with some Garnier Fructis Conditioner - Moisture Lock.  As I was going through the process I felt the curls of my hair feeling very pronounced.  I toweled dried my hair a bit and proceed to style my natural hair.  First I applied some Cantu Shea butter Daily Oil Moisturizer to my hair and styled.  I just brushed the edges and pulled my hair together into one - not combing out the ends - leaving my curls well pronounced.  I loved the look of my hair style.  

Results like these would deter me from resuming relaxing my natural hair.  I have to remember why I started this journey.  I really love seeing other people with their natural hair and the world need to see the black woman's natural hair in all it natural beauty!  Black women hair is beautiful!!!

So I ask you do you think I should resume relaxing my natural hair?

Saturday, October 3, 2020

Real Sou Sou Explained

In my last blog post, the topic was about a new pyramid scheme - Ponzi scheme that is going around these days called Friends And Family Share (it is also known by other names).  So in this post I decided to explain the operations of a real Sou Sou (also known as a Box Hand in the Caribbean).

The real sou sou is a system where close family and friends, a group of employees get together and save money together as a group.  Out of the group one person is the treasurer.  Most times this person is the one who starts up the Sou Sou.  From my experience, the only time I joined a Sou Sou is when I get feedback from either a family member or friend that there was a Sou Sou and was operated excellently.


All the members in the sou sou are trustworthy people and invest their monies either weekly, every two weeks or every month.  Each member is informed of the amount of money that has to be invested each pay period and the amount of money they will receive when they do a 'withdrawal' (that is when each member is suppose to receive their money).    

How it works:  Example:  There are six people in the sou sou and each person is required to invest one hundred dollars each month.  The sou sou will run for a period of six months and each month a different person in the group will receive six hundred dollars. 

At the end of the first month, each person is required to give their investment to the treasurer.  When all the monies are collected, it is given to the person who requested to make the first 'withdrawal'. 

At the end of the second month the same thing happens but a different member of the group makes a 'withdrawal'.

The duties of the treasurer are as follows:

  • obtain members for the upcoming sou sou
  • identify the amount each person has to invest.  The length of the sou sou will depend on the number of people in the group.
  • before the start of the sou sou, the treasurer takes note of when each person wants to 'withdraw' their investment.  
My mother invested in sou sous on numerous occasions with a group of her friends at work.  Most times she would use the money to purchase my schools books, make a lumpsum mortgage payment or go on a vacation overseas.  The last time I was in one, when I withdrew my investment, I was able to use the money to purchase a new computer as the one I had crashed.

With the real sou sou, you are NOT required to bring in anyone else to the group.  However if you want to invite someone, it is welcomed but it is understood that whoever you invite, the person must be trust worthy.  As a matter of fact, the smaller the group the better.  That way the sou sou will finish faster.

This is a great way to save money because most times many people have difficulty saving under normal situations.